Elena Werner
Elena Wernerthe world of elena werner.
Costume design for opera and dance.
contemporary costume design with a nostalgic touch.
Elena Werner is both a designer and a time traveller. In every project, her goal is to create a Gesamtkunstwerk, bringing together traditions and innovation. Her designs come to life in an aura of timelessness, yet with frames of reference to the baroque and art nouveau.
merging traditions, details and references.
Elena Werner’s aesthetical presumption mirrors in the intertwinements and embroidered connections of her costumes. They merge the traditions of opera with the present. Together with a fabric mise-en-scène, these confluxes descend upon the opera or dance characters. In combination with the métier of some old techniques which handle needle, thread and thimble, the haute couture wanders about all of this. Textile arts debouches into a cosmos of lines, circles and ribbons versus symmetry and origami. It eventually brings together Gustave Klimt, Sarah Moon and Pina Bauch and they ask one another for a dance. With an affluence of details and references, everything merges together in a homogenous and prosperous tone of fabrics.
Kolveniersgang 75 Ghent 9000 Belgium
Huis Maes werd in 1917 opgericht door de familie Maes.
In 1990 werd de zaak na 3 generaties uit handen gegeven en overgenomen door Mej. Natascha Decoutere.
Wat ontstond als kleinschalig verhuurbedrijf van theaterkledij voor de nabije regio, is inmiddels uitgegroeid tot één van de meest toonaangevende Belgische verhuurbedrijven van historische en thematische kledij, dit voor zowel private feestjes, massaspektakels, stoeten, toneel en theater producties.
Recent werden een aantal kostuums van diverse zaken overgenomen.
Zo kochten wij de mooiste kostuums bij de stopzetting van de firma Backstage, gelegen in het centrum van Gent.
In 2011 namen wij de integrale stock kledij en accessoires van Mevr. Anne Tibeau uit Laarne over. Deze bestond vooral uit kledij van na 1930 tot heden, kledij waarover wij vooraf niet beschikten.
Momenteel kunnen wij u een uitgebreid gamma van ca. 35.000 kostuums aanbieden!
Naast het verhuren maken wij meer en meer kostuums en kledingstukken op bestelling voor verkoop.
In samenspraak met de klant worden de stoffen en het model gekozen en gaan wij na akkoord over tot de productie ervan.
Heeft u interesse, aarzel dan niet om ons te contacteren of even langs te komen, liefst na afspraak.
Tot binnenkort !
Natascha Decoutere en Niko Margo
Gruuthusestraat 44 Tielt 8700 Belgium
THE SOUL15 STORY
Founder and CEO of Soul15 is Chantal Copello (1982 – Rome), artistic director, choreographer and
former professional dancer.
Born in Rome from a family steeped in the arts, Chantal’s interest in theatre took root early in her life.
By the age of 10 she joined the National Academy of Performing Arts where she graduated.
Her career as a ballet & musical performer took her to different countries, most significantly:
the Royal Opera house in London, The Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp & Stage Entertainment in Holland.
During this period Chantal got fascinated by the world behind the scenes with significant involvement in
the fabrication and initial development of a production from conception to performance.
Soon she started to develop her own vision & themed acts for event entertainment.
Following her passion for different artistic expressions she went on creating her own business: Soul15 Costumes & Concepts.
Soul15 aspires to be a one-stop-shop for event entertainment and provide performers, (custom or rental) costumes, props, styling & make-up.
“Soul15’s work cannot be cataloged and is impossible to label.
Our Visual Tales are artistic performances that arouse strong, intense and contrasting emotions.”
Sint Jansvliet 2 Antwerpen 2000 Belgium
Nuage d’Automne
Nuage d’AutomneThu Van Nguyen
clothing designer
It was in 2006 that Thu-Van Nguyen created the brand Nuage d’Automne (translation of Thu-Van in Vietnamese). This Eurasian born in Perpignan (France) has lived in Belgium since the age of 6.
Trained as a costume designer and decorator, she came to styling in a natural way as if to express through Fashion the mixture of cultures and origins of which she is the fruit.
In her workshop in La Hulpe, she creates medium and high-end ready-to-wear for men and women, in unique pieces, limited series and made-to-measure.
In an ethnic style, Nuage d’Automne bears witness to the meeting between the East and the West, the ancient and the modern.
In addition to using natural materials (silk, wool, linen or cotton) as well as vegetable dyes for certain ranges, particular attention is paid to the quality of the finishes.
The stage costume complements its work through spectacular outfits and costumes for musicians, dancers or actors.
Creativity, know-how and experience at the service of Fashion.
She stands out with an approach to Fashion that is more artistic than “trendy” by creating unexpected mixes. What makes these clothes exceptional, sometimes close to a work of art.
In an unconventional style with minimalist cuts, it combines elegance with a mixture of cultures and eras, while promoting craftsmanship and know-how.
Creation Workshop
Training
Training in vegetable dye and indigo with Martine Bourlée (2017 – 18)
INFAC / EFPME: scenography-show technician (2001-2005)
Academy of Arts of Ixelles in live model drawing. (2001-2002)
School of Arts of Braine-l’Alleud: multidisciplinary training. Certificate of secondary artistic education with reduced hours (1998 – 2001)
Internships
Set painting with Alexandre Obolensky & Opéra Royal de La Monnaie (2001-2005)
Scenography and stage management with Jean-Marie Fiévez at the Théâtre Le Public (2001-2003)
Costume making with France Lamboray at the Théatre Le Public (2003-2005)
Parade at the Palace of the Kings of Majorca
Stage costumes for percussionists
Significant events in the professional career
Parades & Exhibitions:
Salon Créations (Province of Walloon Brabant – 2017 & 2018)
Walloon Fair of Crafts of Wallonia – 2016 & 2018)
ArtiBw exhibition (OMA Brabant Wallon – Château d’Hélécine – 2016 to 2018)
Salon Ethno Tendance (Farushi asbl – Tour & Taxi, Brussels – 2015 & 2013)
Second Hand Second Life Festival (Les Petits Riens – Tour& Taxi, Brussels – 2013)
Monaco Wedding Fair (Daily Fashion – Forum Grimaldi, Monaco – 2013)
Brussels Fashion Days (Bee Group – The Egg, Brussels – 2013 & 2012)
Pop-Up Store Fair (Lille – 2012)
Autumn Cloud Parade (Palace of the Kings of Majorca, Perpignan, France – 2012)
Theater :
Ria Carbonez (2018 to 2021)
Theater Loyal du Trac – 2006, 2011, 2013
Stage management for the shows “Couldn’t we love each other a little? and Noces de Vent (Théâtre Loyal du Trac, Belgium, France, Switzerland, New Caledonia, Tahiti – 2005 to 2017)
Assistant Justine Drabs for Marie Tudor (Théâtre Jardin Passion, Belgium – 2014)
After the bridge (Théâtre Oz, Belgium – 2005)
Bintou (Théâtre Océan Nord, Belgium – 2002)
Music :
18 percussionist costumes (Sysmo, Belgium – 2015)
Saxophonist (Cyril Thiry, Belgium – 2015)
Dance :
Café Frappé (Tap Show Company and TLT, Belgium – 2013)
Movie theater :
Short film (SMOG, Belgium, 2015)
Circus:
The Flying Partners (Ptits Bras, Belgium, France – 2011)
Circus Marcel (Robert en Alfons vzw, Belgium – 2012)
Events:
Tibidou mascot (Editions Acrodalivres, Belgium – 2016)
Costume designer assistant for management staff (Zinneke asbl, Belgium – 2011)
She stands out with an approach to Fashion that is more artistic than “trendy” by creating unexpected mixes. What makes these clothes exceptional, sometimes close to a work of art.
In an unconventional style with minimalist cuts, it combines elegance with a mixture of cultures and eras, while promoting craftsmanship and know-how.
104, rue des Combattants La Hulpe 1310 Belgium
COSTUMIER À BRUXELLES
La Maison Costhea est une Maison de location et de confection de costumes, principalement d’époque.
Désireuse de faire profiter à tout un chacun, nos richesses et notre savoir-faire accumulés au fil des années.
Nous travaillons avec les Théâtres, le cinéma, l’évènementiel, pour des cortèges et les festivités du carnaval ainsi que tous autres métiers impliquant de revêtir un costume.
Nous nous faisons une joie de partager cette accumulation d’histoire, d’expériences du spectacle en Belgique et autres fabuleuses réalisations qui sont nées chez nous.
Toutes personnes désireuses de resplendir à une fête est également la bienvenue dans notre caverne aux mille merveilles.
Dans notre stock, nous avons un vaste éventail de costumes qui recouvrent toutes les périodes qui ont façonnées notre histoire; de l’Antiquité Gréco-Romaine aux années 1950 en passant par le Moyen Age, la Renaissance, le Baroque et Rococo ou encore le siècle des Lumières.
Venez nous découvrir et vous évadez.
Quai aux Briques 22 Bruxelles 1000 Belgium